WASHINGTON - The United States is likely to cancel a naval exercise with Russia to indicate its disapproval of MoscowÕs military operations in Georgia, a senior U.S. defense official said on Tuesday.
The annual exercise, known as FRUKUS, also involves vessels from Britain and France and was due to begin within the next week in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Russian port city of Vladivostok, Pentagon officials said. ÒIn all likelihood it will be canceled,Ó the senior defense official said, speaking on condition of anonymity as no decision has yet been officially announced. |